From February 22 - 28, Quinnipiac College surveyed 1,842 New York State registered
voters. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 2.3 percent. The survey includes 312 likely
Democratic Primary voters, with a margin of error for that group of +/- 5.6 percent, and 264
likely Republican Primary voters, with a margin of error of +/- 6 percent.

"Once upon a time -- in January to be exact -- Sen. McCain was hardly a cloud on the
New York Republican Party horizon. Now, he is a thunderstorm threatening to rain on Gov.
Bush's parade," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac College Polling Institute.

"New York Republicans haven't had any serious practice with presidential primaries.
So the question now is: Can the GOP organization turn out the troops for Bush March 7?"

"Sen. Bradley, the former Knick, has lost his home court advantage among New York
Democrats to Vice President Gore who seems poised to score a big win," Carroll added.

By a 40 - 14 percent margin, all New York voters have a favorable opinion of McCain,
with 27 percent mixed and 18 percent saying they haven't heard enough to form an opinion.
Favorability ratings among other presidential contenders are:

Bush's favorability among all New York Catholic voters has dropped from 32 - 31
percent in a February 10 Quinnipiac College poll to a negative 26 -- 39 percent today. Bush,
who had a 40 - 14 favorability rating in a March 24, 1999, Quinnipiac College Poll, has
dropped in every poll since.

"Bush's favorability has dropped drastically and now he's in a 20-point hole. One
factor is the drop in Catholic favorability," Carroll said.